DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 July) – Fifty two representatives of Mindanao’s 59 congressional districts crossed party lines on July 22 to vote for Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Belmonte as Speaker of the House.
Belmonte was reelected Speaker, earning 244 votes against San Juan Rep. Ronaldo Zamora’s 19 votes and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez’ 16 . Two abstained while seven were absent, according to a document on the voting for Speakership prepared by the House of Representatives’ Public Relations and Information Bureau (PRIB).
Four Mindanawon district representatives voted for Romualdez while three voted for Zamora.
Among the ten party-list representatives who are also Mindanawons, six voted for Belmonte while four voted for Zamora.
The table below, prepared by MindaNews, lists in alphabetical order the Mindanawon congressional district representatives and party-list representatives who hail from Mindanao, their parties or party-list groups, their districts and their terms in Congress, and from the PRIB document, the Speaker they voted for.
| MINDANAWON REPRESENTATIVES’ VOTE FOR HOUSE SPEAKER Table prepared by MindaNews |
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| REPRESENTATIVE | DISTRICT | TERM | PARTY | SPEAKER |
| Acharon, Pedro Jr. | South Cot 1 | 2 | NPC | Belmonte |
| Acosta, Malou | Bukidnon 1 | 1 | LP | Belmonte |
| Adiong, Ansaruddin | Lanao del Sur 1 | 1 | LP | Belmonte |
| Almario, Thelma | Davao Oriental | 6 | Lakas-CMD | Belmonte |
| Almonte, Jorge | Misamis Occ 1 | 2 | LP | Belmonte |
| Amante, Erlpe John | Agusan Norte 2 | 1 | Kusog Agusanon | Belmonte |
| Amatong, Isagani | Zambo Norte 3 | 1 | LP | Belmonte |
| Amatong, Rommel | ComVal 2 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Arbison, Maryam | Sulu 2 | 1 | LP | Belmonte |
| Bag-ao, Arlene | Dinagat Islands | 1 | LP | Belmonte |
| Balindong, Pangalian | Lanao del Sur 2 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Bautista, Franklin | Davao del Sur 2 | 4 | LP | Belmonte |
| Belmonte, Vicente | Iligan City | 2 | LP | Belmonte |
| Cabilao, Belma | Zambo Sib 1 | 6 | NP | Belmonte |
| Cagas, Mercedes | Davao del Sur 1 | 1 | NP | Belmonte |
| Catamco, Nancy | North Cot 2 | 2 | LP | Belmonte |
| Cerilles, Aurora | Zambo Sur 2 | 2 | NPC | Belmonte |
| Dayanghirang, Nelson | Davao Oriental 2 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Del Rosario, Antonio Rafael | Davao Norte 1 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Dimaporo, Imelda | Lanao Norte 1 | 2 | NPC | Romualdez |
| Dimaporo, Abdullah | Lanao Norte 2 | 5 | NPC | Romualdez |
| Flores, Florencio, Jr. | Bukidnon 2 | 2 | NP | Zamora |
| Fortun, Lawrence | Agusan Norte 1 | 1 | LP | Belmonte |
| Garay, Florencio | Surig Sur 2 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Garcia-Albano, Mylene | Davao City 2 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Go, Arnulfo Fegarido | Sultan Kud 2 | 3 | NUP | Belmonte |
| Hataman-Salliman, Hadjiman Sabbihi | Basilan | 2 | LP | Belmonte |
| Hernandez, Ferdinand | South Cot 2 | 1 | NPC | Belmonte |
| Hofer, Ann | Zambo Sib 2 | 2 | LP | Belmonte |
| Jalosjos, Seth F Pal | Zambo Norte 1 | 2 | NP | Zamora |
| Labadlabad, Rosendo | Zambo Norte 2 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Lagdameo, Antonio | Davao Norte 2 | 3 | NUP | Belmonte |
| Lobregat, Celso | Zambo City 1 | 3 | LDP | Belmonte |
| Loong, Tupay | Sulu 1 | 2 | NUP | Belmonte |
| Mangudadatu, Zajid | Maguindanao 2 | 1 | LP | Belmonte |
| Matugas, Francisco | Surig Norte 1 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Nograles, Karlo Alexei | Davao City 1 | 3 | NUP | Belmonte |
| Nuño, Lilia | Zambo City 2 | 1 | Ind | Belmonte |
| Oaminal, Henry | Misamis Occ 2 | 1 | NP | Belmonte |
| Pacquiao, Emmanuel | Sarangani | 2 | UNA/People’s Champ Movement | Belmonte |
| Plaza, Ma. Valentina | Agusan Sur 1 | 2 | NUP | Belmonte |
| Plaza-Mellana, Evelyn | Agusan Sur 2 | 2 | NUP | Belmonte |
| Pichay, Philip | Surig Sur 1 | 3 | Lakas | Romualdez |
| Rodriguez, Rufus Bautista | CDO 2 | 3 | Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines | Belmonte |
| Romarate, Guillermo, Jr. | Surig Norte 2 | 2 | LP | Belmonte |
| Romualdo, Xavier Jesus | Camiguin | 1 | NPC | Belmonte |
| Roque, Oneil | Bukidnon 4 | 1 | NPC | Belmonte |
| Sacdalan, Jesus | North Cot 1 | 2 | LP | Belmonte |
| Sahali, Ruby | Tawi-tawi | 1 | LP | Belmonte |
| Sakaluran, Raden Camlian | Sultan Kud 1 | 2 | Ind | Belmonte |
| Sema, Bai Sandra | Maguindanao 1 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Tejada, Jose | North Cot 3 | 1 | Ind | Zamora |
| Unabia, Peter | Misamis Or 1 | 2 | LP | Belmonte |
| Ungab, Isidro | Davao City 3 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Uy, Juliette | Misamis Or 2 | 1 | Ind | Romualdez |
| Uy, Rolando “Klarex” | CDO 1 | 2 | LP | Belmonte |
| Yu, Victor | Zambo Sur 1 | 3 | NPC | Belmonte |
| Zamora-Apsay, Ma. Carmen | ComVal 1 | 3 | LP | Belmonte |
| Zubiri, Jose Ma. III | Bukidnon 3 | 3 | Bukidnon Paglaum Party | Belmonte |
| PARTY-LIST REPS (who hail from Mindanao) | ||||
| REPRESENTATIVE | PARTY-LIST | TERM | SPEAKER | |
| Bello, Silvestre III | 1-BAP | 1 | Zamora | |
| Hataman, Sitti Djalia Turabin | Anak Mindanao | 1 | Belmonte | |
| Ilagan, Luz | Gabriela | 3 | Zamora | |
| Lopez, Carol Jayne | Yacap | 3 | Zamora | |
| Masongsong, Edgardo | I-CARE | 1 | Belmonte | |
| Paez, Cresente | COOP-NATTCO | 3 | Belmonte | |
| Piamonte, Mariano | A Teacher | 3 | Belmonte | |
| Rodriguez, Maximo, Jr. | Abante Mindanao | 2 | Belmonte | |
| Zarate, Carlos Isagani | Bayan Muna | 1 | Zamora | |
